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1970s Movies

Barry Lyndon (1975)

October 23, 2020January 5, 2023 - by greatmovies

Barry Lyndon movie storyline. The rise and fall of the adult life of Irishman Redmond Barry (Ryan O’Neal), who, in his later life, would be known as Barry Lyndon, from the mid to late eighteenth century, is presented. Growing up in humble means, largely due to the early death of his aspiring lawyer father, the potential family breadwinner, Barry strives to live up to the standards of being a gentleman in every respect of the word, including monetarily.

1960s Movies

Spartacus (1960)

June 21, 2020February 14, 2023 - by greatmovies

Spartacus movie storyline. In 73 B.C., a Thracian slave leads a revolt at a gladiatorial school run by Lentulus Batiatus (Sir Peter Ustinov). The uprising soon spreads across the Italian Peninsula involving thousand of slaves. The plan is to acquire sufficient funds to acquire ships from Silesian pirates who could then transport them to other lands from Brandisium in the south.

1960s Movies

Lolita (1962)

April 7, 2020July 18, 2023 - by greatmovies

Lolita movie storyline. Humbert Humbert forces a confrontation with a man, whose name he has learned, in this man’s home. The events that led to this standoff began four years earlier.

1960s Movies / Articles and Sources

The best movies of the swinging sixties

November 20, 2019July 19, 2023 - by greatmovies

Everybody agrees when I’m a great time for the 1960s film industry. The best and most memorable films in the history of cinema were shot at this time. When we look at the 60s, we see that before the Golden Age of Hollywood, the iconic film director and star, as well as the stars of the next generation and the stars of the youth, overlap.

1960s Movies

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

July 29, 2019September 28, 2023 - by greatmovies

A black monolith has an affect on humans, the monolith’s effects focusing on two specific time periods. The first period is four million years ago, at the dawn of man. After the appearance of the monolith, the ape men begin to display behavior unknown before then. The second period is the near future, in the year 2001.

1970s Movies

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

July 28, 2019July 20, 2023 - by greatmovies

A Clockwork Orange storyline. Alex DeLarge is the leader of his “droogs”, Georgie, Dim and Pete. One night, after getting intoxicated on “milk-plus”, they engage in an evening of “ultra-violence”.

1980s Movies

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

July 28, 2019July 21, 2023 - by greatmovies

Full Metal Jacket movie storyline. Stanley Kubrick’s thought-provoking Vietnam War film was followed in the footsteps of Kubrick’s other anti-war films: Paths of Glory (1957) and Dr. Strangelove,